Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Got this over the Twitter from www.clubd23.com and from the latimes. -------------------------------------------- Imagine a theme park ride that is never the same experience twice. Riders aboard the new Star Tours attraction coming to Disneyland in Anaheim and Disney’s Hollywood Studios near Orlando, Fla., in 2011 will have the power to change the storyline throughout the simulator ride, resulting in a different beginning, middle and end for every journey. Star Tours 2.0, taking place between the “Star Wars” prequels and the original trilogy, will update the 1980s simulator ride with high-definition 3-D technology and special effects. In the new ride dubbed “The Adventures Continue,” riders on board the StarSpeeder 3000 transport ship will join a pod race on the fictional planet Tatooine; fly above the skyscrapers of Coruscant, another fictional planet; and visit other destinations in the “Star Wars” universe. Although not yet confirmed, those other destinations may include the Wookie planet of Kashyyyk, the unfinished Death Star space station and Queen Amidala’s home planet of Naboo, according to images released by Disney and LucasFilm. A top-secret Star Tours film shoot in West Hollywood reportedly included action sequences featuring bounty hunter Boba Fett, a holographic communiqué from rebel alliance commander Admiral Ackbar and scenes involving familiar “Star Wars” aliens, according to Slashfilm. Star Tours will close July 27 at Disneyland and on Sept. 7 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Disney World, with a reopening at both parks tentatively scheduled for May 2011. Screamscape suggests a May 4th opening date — as in “May the fourth be with you.” Disney’s Hollywood Studios plans a “Last Tour to Endor” celebration on Aug. 14 with a Death Star disco, “Star Wars” -themed fireworks and a final flight to the forest moon. ------------------------------------------------------ Sounds great!
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael This is the kind of stuff that should have been mentioned during Star Wars weekends at the press conference instead of scaring the crap out of me.
Originally Posted By MPierce Sounds fantastic. It's going to be a big boost to the Studios attendance, It's going to have lines like TSMM. Long overdue though.
Originally Posted By leobloom With the exception of the Death Star, sounds like a bunch of prequel destinations, right?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> This is the kind of stuff that should have been mentioned during Star Wars weekends at the press conference instead of scaring the crap out of me. << >> I know. Who broke the Disney PR machine? << You know how secretive Disney is. Just in case plans come unraveled, and budget cuts ensue. You would think they would like to pump up their fans though.
Originally Posted By Hista98 Hmmm. This is the first I've heared this rumor, that doesn't mean It won't happen, but from what I heared it will only be 2 alternate advenutres that will play randomly in the star speeders. The guests have no say over which one they expeierence.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>With the exception of the Death Star, sounds like a bunch of prequel destinations, right?<<< Tatooenee (Sp) is from both. And the Death Star will be half done...but it'll be the first one.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<And the Death Star will be half done...but it'll be the first one.>> Yea...which angers me. A lot.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ I don't know how I feel about it. ...I really would like to have helped in blowing it up again.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Canon and story wise it makes no sense. No one outside of the Empire high command and the slaves building the station knew about it. And if some random bunch of tourists came across it, I'm pretty sure the Rebellion would have blown that sucker up fairly quickly. There goes Uncle George messing with canon again. That man infuriates me. I wish he held his product to the same standards as Rowling.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>And if some random bunch of tourists came across it, I'm pretty sure the Rebellion would have blown that sucker up fairly quickly.<<< You mean the Empire... ...and hey, that honestly sounds like something that WOULD happen with REX in charge. Could be a cool plot point/nod to the rest of the SW History.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper No, I mean the Rebellion would blow up the unfinished Death Star. And the Rebels found out from spies. Not tourists. /Angyfanboy
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^^^maybe the tourists keep their mouths shut about it? Those kind of hijinks fit the mood and sorry of ST, especially with REX.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Eh, that's a weak justification, IMO. I know I'm being unreasonable here because it's Star Wars. It just pisses me off when Lucas dilutes his product and canon by making dumb stuff like this. Now, I'm not saying Star Tours is dumb, and I won't think about this at all when I'm on the ride, but George seems to not give 2 craps about the story he's told, and cares more about shilling it out for some cash. Obviously that's his right, but as a fan it sucks sometimes.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^^^ I agree, but something like that WOULD make sense... I don't find it to be as big as an aberration as some of the other Lucasisms.
Originally Posted By Hista98 How could they do a construction project like the death star in space? would't all the pieces float away? Plus with an half finsihed ship wouldn't it be impossible to breath inside the ship if half of it is exposed to the unliveable conditions of space??
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<How could they do a construction project like the death star in space? would't all the pieces float away?>> How do they build the space stations now? But a better answer to that question is, "It's Science Fiction."
